The NonProfit National Resource Directory is sponsoring the following  teleseminars. 
Registration opens on February 1, 2010.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010, Noon (Eastern): “Building a Fundraising Board” with Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE of Capital Venture

Does your board refuse to accept their fundraising responsibility? Are they willing but not educated/trained in fundraising? Does the board lack enthusiasm for fundraising? Have you wondered if it is time for an extreme makeover of your board?

If so, this webinar is for you. In this session, we will discuss the role the board plays on the development team; how to involve them in the fundraising process; how to assure that they will enthusiastically get involved with the fundraising efforts of your organization. 

Learning Objectives:

• List the roles and responsibilities of board members;
• List ways board members can become in involved in fundraising.
• Develop a plan to engage board members and recruit new board members.

Agenda:

• Whose responsibility is fundraising?
• How to evaluate your current board?
• What can board members do to help with fundraising?
• Board Giving—Is it the Three G’s?
• Motivating your board
  

Linda is a graduate of AFP’s Faculty Training Academy and served on the board of the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy. She is a frequent presenter at regional and international conferences and has received two AFP research grants.  Linda is also a prolific writer and Wiley Press has published her books, Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers in 2005, The Development Plan in early 2007. Linda is a contributing author to The Fundraising Feasibility Study—It’s Not About the Money, also published by Wiley in early 2007 and her latest book, The Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook, was published in July 2009 by Career Press. Linda’s first eBook, Everything You Wanted to Know about Capital Campaigns is available on her website and she is currently working on a book on several more books to be published in 2010. Visit the Capital Venture website to learn more: www.cvfundraising.com.

To register, please click here.

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Thursday, February 25, 2010, Noon (Eastern): “Starting and Growing A Planned Giving Program” wth Lorri Greif, CFRE of Breakthrough Philanthropy

 

Lorri Greif, president of Breakthrough Philanthropy, brings experience and know-how to planned giving with:

• 20+ years implementing planned giving and major gift campaigns for both local and national nonprofits
• Proven methodology for successful planned giving programs to ensure the longevity of nonprofit organizations
• Speaking engagements at seminars and conferences around the nation
• Published author of articles helpful to the nonprofit community
• Creator of The Planned Giving Key a twice monthly newsletter with 600+ subscribers • author and contributor for the blog "Planned Giving Breakthroughs"

To register for the teleseminar, please click here.

 

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Friday, March 12, 2010, Noon (Eastern): “We need to conduct a capital campaign.  What do I need to know?” with Norman Olshansky of NFP Consulting and Resources

Norman Olshansky, President of NFP Consulting Resources, brings with him over 30 years of professional and executive level leadership and consulting within both the not for profit and for profit sectors. He is a past board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Southwest Florida Chapter, is an AFP mentor and presenter at AFP seminars. His clients have included both large and small service, health, cultural and faith based organizations ranging from local and national home health care companies, to hospitals and health care systems...from community centers to national membership organizations...from military and law enforcement agencies to botanical gardens...from public school systems to State Universities...from human relations organizations to faith based social service and religious entities throughout the U.S., Canada and Israel.

Mr. Olshansky has received national recognition for his work in human service and executive leadership. A frequent lecturer at Universities, he has also published a syndicated column, is a national book reviewer and instructor for CharityChannel.com, and is active as a volunteer in several civic, religious and professional organizations. Articles of interest to the nonprofit sector, written by Mr. Olshansky, can be found at http://nfpconsulting.blogspot.com.

 

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Thursday, March 25, 2010 (Eastern): “Social Media for NonProfits” with Taylor Ellwood of Imagine Your Reality

Social media is here to stay but many non -profits are unsure of how it can be used in getting more donations or interest in the cause they support. Additionally it's not always clear where to start or what sites should be maintained by a non-profit. In this class you will learn:

• What is social media and why non-profits need to be using it
• What social media sites are useful for nonprofits
• How to develop your strategy for integrating social media into your efforts.

  Taylor Ellwood is a Business and Social Media coach. He has owned four different businessesand is well acquainted with the ups and downs of owning a business as well as how to make a business successful. He enjoys putting his expertise to work for other business owners to help them achieve clarity in their goals and objectives for their business. As a social media coach, Taylor has over seven years of experience using and researching social media. Since his days in graduate school he's always been interested in showing others how they can use social media to cultivate richer communication and relationships, as well as better business opportunities.

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Thursday, April 8, 2010, Noon (Eastern): “Using PowerPoint Presentations to Educate, Inspire and Motivate Your Audience” with Cheryl McNeil of GC Learning Services LLC

Many businesspeople think of PowerPoint as a tool for just presenting information or content about a subject matter. They pick a template, add the text in paragraph or bulleted list format, and present. But what if you could organize the content and customize the slide in a way that presented more like a mini-movie, rather than a presentation; that inspired and motivated your audience towards a common goal; and even educated them on a topic with interactive activities? Join us on this date to find out the common mistakes businesspeople make when creating PowerPoint presentations, and how YOU can easily learn to educate, inspire and motivate YOUR audience.

GCLS works off of the principle that e-Learning should be focused on the Learner. From Concept to Assessment, the Learners’ needs should be most important, along with their knowledge-level and their individual job tasks.  GC Learning Services designs and develops products such as CBT’s, Storyboards, Software Simulations, Tutorials, and e-Learning Modules. We also design and develop User Guides, Facilitator and Participant guides, Workbooks, Job aides, and Reference cards.

 

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010, Noon (Eastern): Translating Strategy into Action: How to Measure and Communicate Performance" with Rebeka Mazzone, Accounting Management Solutions, Inc.

Rising competition and pricing pressures create an additional reason for organizations to communicate value to their audiences.   All organizations struggle to optimize the link between money and mission.  Traditionally, programmatic outcomes for nonprofits have been presented separately from financial information. This practice clouds the relationship between money and mission. 

This presentation by Rebeka Mazzone, regional director at Accounting Management Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of outsourced financial support specifically for nonprofits, will discuss ways to present financial information in a method more easily understood by individuals without financial backgrounds.  This will include the use of ratios and Balanced Scorecard.  The Balanced Scorecard methodology helps provide a more comprehensive view of a business, encouraging progress towards defined goals and promoting efficient operations, which in turn helps organizations act in their own best long-term interests.

By the end of the session, participants will

 understand what a Balanced Scorecard is;
 be able to review mission and strategic plans, and translate them into financial and non-financial outcomes;
 understand the types of outcome ratios;
 be able to select and calculate meaningful ratios based on the performance outcomes desired; and
 effectively present ratio information to management and Board members  

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